Photograph by J. Garrett, October 2000
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Other Information:
- Illustration left: The Tree of Porphyry, a 4th C. classification
method based on dichotomies, as rendered on the ceiling fresco
of the
library
of Schussenried, a monastery near Ulm, Germany. Artist: Franz
Georg Herrmann (1757)
- Monastery library history, click here.
- Neoplatonist
philosopher Porphyry
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Recent Presentations and Publications Online
- Review of The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion, by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos, translated by Timothy Cullenand David Hardy. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2007.
- Review of Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge, by Jean-Noêl Jeanneney, translated from French by Teresa Lavendar Fagan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- "...die Welt durch die Augen und das Bewusstsein eines fremden Menschen erleben..." - Die Rolle der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur in der Erziehung zur interkulturellen Kompetenz. In: Petra Hauke and Rolf Busch, eds. Brücken für Babylon: Interkulturelle Bibliotheksarbeit;
Grundlagen - Konzepte - Erfahrungen. Bad Honnef: Verlag Bock + Herchen, 2008, p. 46-54.
- Review of A Book of Booksellers: Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade, by Sheila Markham, College & Research Libraries, March 2008, v. 69, no. 2
- "Lessons of Funes: Bibliography in a Future of Random Access." Conference "Bibliography and the Study of Cultural Transfer: A Moritz Steinschneider Centenary Celebration," Staatsbibliothek Berlin, November 20, 2007
- "Interkulturelle Verständigung zwischen Deutschen und Amerikanern"["Intercultural Understanding between Germans and Americans"]. Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Berlin, November 19, 2007.
- Review of The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting, by Darren Wershler-Henry, College & Research Libraries, November 2007, v. 68, no. 6, p. 479 - 481.
- Review of Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Wechselndes Rollenverständnis im Lauf der Jahrhunderte, by Franz-Georg Kaltwasser, Library Quarterly 77, no. 3 (July 2007), p. 343 - 345.
- "Magnus Lupus: a proposito del Mago Wolf Erlbruch = Magus Lupus: About the Magician Wolf Erlbruch" Annual 2007. Bologna: Bologna Children's Book Fair, 2007: 8 - 11.
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For further information, contact:
Jeffrey Garrett
Associate University Librarian for Special Libraries
Northwestern University Library
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 467-5675, fax 467-7899
jgarrett@northwestern.edu
Office Location: Room 2627, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library |
